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Water analyses Water supply zones eaux.vdl.lu 15 golden rules Locations of drinking fountains fontaines.vdl.lu Do not run water while Use a cup of water to rinse Bridel shaving, washing your hands after brushing your teeth water reservoir or brushing your teeth Dummeldéngerbierg 1 2 water reservoir
Senningerbierg water reservoir → Bambësch Zone 1 water reservoir Replace leaky faucets Put flow reducers on faucets. Drinking water Zone 3 and washers These are sometimes called 3 4 aerators FINDEL Luxembourg City – 2019
Zone 9
FINDEL Lampertsbierg Zone 3 water reservoir RECKENTHAL Zone 3 Equip toilets with Shower instead of taking baths water-saving flushes 5 (dual control) 6 Kalchesbréck water reservoir -5 litres -130 litres
Zone 7 Zone 2 HAMM Buy water- and energy-saving Run dishwashers and washing dishwashers and washing machines only when they're Sandweiler machines full water reservoir → 7 8
MERL Zone 4 Zone 5
vdl.lu Drinking Kaltreis (Bonnevoie) Zone 8 Zone 6 water tower fountains in When washing dishes by Wash your vegetables over hand, don't let the water run, a basin and reuse the water Luxembourg 9 instead fill two basins (one 10 for your household plants City for washing, one for rinsing) -30 litres -66 litres CESSANGE Zone 10
Tubishaff water tower (Cessange) Clean your car at a car wash, Place mulch around plants to rather than in your garden or retain moisture from dew and Ban de Gasperich on the street. Not only will watering water tower 11 12 dirty water be treated, but high-pressure cleaning uses three times less water than garden hoses.
LEUDELANGE -120 litres ness Zones Source District in German category Hardness Hardness degrees (°dH) Reservoirs Total hard - Total Use a drip watering system Water in the evenings or a porous pipe to regulate when evaporation is slower Beggen, Dommeldange, Eich, Pfaffenthal, Dummeldénger- KOCKELSCHEUER 1 Clausen (sections), Muhlenbach (sections), 100% Glaasburen sources 15.5–19.0 3 the amount of water CONTACT bierg 13 14 Weimerskirch (sections) Information Belair, Grund, Merl (sections), 70% Millebaach 2 Bambësch Rollingergrund, Muhlenbach (sections), and Siweburen sources, 27% SEBES, 12.5–20.0 2–3 47 96-28 83 Ville-Haute, Clausen (sections) 3% Kopstal sources Office hours Eicherfeld, Kirchberg (sections), 10% Kopstal sources, 3 Bridel 4.5–8.5 1–2 Limpertsberg, Weimerskirch (sections) 90% SEBES 8:00–12:00 and 13:00–17:00
Merl (sections), Hollerich (sections), 100% Millebaach 4 Lampertsbierg 13.0–20.0 2–3 Belair (sections) and Siweburen sources Urgent repairs and emergencies, day and night 4796-3003 Pulvermuhl, Verlorenkost, Bonnevoie (sections), 36% Birelergronn sources, 23% Make maximum use of other 5 Kalchesbréck 13.0–18.0 2–3 Gare (sections), Hollerich (sections) Polfermillen source, 41% SEBES water resources: rain water, Email Gare (sections), Hollerich (sections), 90% Polfermillen source, kitchen waste water (e.g. to 6 Kaltreis 17.0–20.0 3 15 [email protected] Bonnevoie (sections) 10% SEBES water lawns and gardens)
Cents, Hamm, Neudorf, Fetschenhof, 71% Birelergronn sources, 7 Sandweiler 11.0–18.0 2–3 Weimershof (sections) 29% SEBES Deutsche Ausgabe bestellbar unter 4796-5005 oder auf eaux.vdl.lu Cessange (sections), Gasperich (sections), 8 Tubishaff 100% SEBES 4.0–5.0 1 Hollerich (sections) Pour recevoir la version française, appelez le 4796-5005 ou allez sur eaux.vdl.lu 9 Senningerbierg Kirchberg, Weimershof (sections) 100% SEBES 4.0–5.5 1
10 Ban de Gasperich Cessange (sections), Gasperich (sections) 100% SEBES 4.0–5.0 1 Key water supply figures Did you know? A household of 4 that drinks 2 litres of When you're When you're 3 About prices water per person per day Key network figures eating out at home or The tap water in restaurants comes from the out and about 2 same supply network as the water in your 62 Zero home and meets the same quality standards From spring to autumn, you can use your 2,920 L as your household water. 1 L 1 L own water bottle and fill it at one of the City's waste? 26 public fountains or water supply points. 2 L = €1,518.40 Many cafés and other estab- City water is delivered x harnessed springs treatment stations lishments throughout without packaging. of bottled water of tap water the city also allow Drink tap water and you to fill your own water reduce waste! = €0.52* = €0.0043 5 365 water bottle. Look towers * on average x days for the "Refill 120 times 2,920 L Pumping stations cheaper Station" sticker 19 displayed in the = 2,920 Litres = €12.56 windows of these /year establishments. 430 km /household Potential savings of underground €1,506/year pressure-reducing 7 pipes private connections stations to the volume distributed or produced each Testing day within a supply zone.These include, in particular: routine checks, which are per- Does the water reservoirs Drinking water is regularly subjected to formed monthly, during which 28 parame- station removes pesticides and their metab- stringent testing. The water supplied by the ters are analysed in all, complete assess- contain... olites from groundwater, ensuring the drink- work 24 hours a day, 365 City undergoes chemical and microbiologi- ments, which are performed 2-3 times per ing water is free of pesticides. At the other days a year, to help provide cal testing in the springs and reservoirs, as year, during which 156 parameters, including ...nitrates? pumping stations, the pesticide content in 78 the highest possible quality well as in the supply network. 59 different pesticides, are analysed in all, the groundwater meets the standards set by people of drinking water. self testing of water sources and reservoirs, Nitrates occur naturally in many foods (cold national legislation. The quality of the drinking water supplied to Do you need a water softener? which is conducted regularly and includes meats, vegetables, fruits, etc.). Luxembourg your home meets the standards set by the ...lead? Tap water two sets of complete tests per year, chem- City's water has an average nitrate content Grand Ducal Regulation of 7 October Water softeners replace calcium and mag- You are strongly advised not to plug the sof- ical analyses of sources, and weekly tests. of 20–30 mg/l, which is within the limit set There is no lead in the drinking water sup- 2002 on the quality of water intended nesium molecules (which are the main con- tener into the cold water system, as a high Tap water, which is delivered straight to your Drinking the City's tap water is a pleasant by national legislation. You can drink the wa- plied by the City. If lead is detected in the for human consumption (règlement The Service Eaux (Water Department) con- - tributors to water hardness) with sodium concentration of sodium in your cold water home 24/7, is: and refreshing way to quench your thirst. ter all year round with no health risks. drinking water at your home, it has entered When properly supplied, it should be clear grand-ducal du 7 octobre 2002 relatif ducts a total of over 2,000 tests per year. NO3 molecules so as to prevent calcium precip- is not healthy. high in quality the water supply through the pipes in your à la qualité des eaux destinées à la The water analysis results for the City's dif- ...pesticides? itation. and colourless, with no unpalatable taste or home. If you are not sure about the condition Above all, you should carefully follow the in- suitable for drinking every day consommation humaine). Drinking ferent supply zones are published on www. odour. It is a natural product containing a va- Pesticides, which are a health hazard and of your home plumbing system, please con- For total hardness > 17°dH, we recommend stallation and maintenance instructions for water is the most strictly regulated eaux.vdl.lu. riety of trace elements and minerals, and its are used in large quantities in the form tact your building manager or landlord. The that you install a softener. However, we this equipment to prevent bacterial contam- well balanced and stringently tested foodstuff in taste varies depending on the properties of of weedkillers and fungicides, leach into Ministry of Health (Ministère de la Santé) strongly recommend a residual hardness inants from developing in your tap water. good for your wallet the European Union. The number the rocks and soils it flows through. Depend- groundwater. The activated carbon filtra- recommendsPb letting the water run for a few of between 6°dH and 9°dH to prevent pipes of checks is defined according environmentally friendly ing on the location, the calcium content may tion process at the Polfermillen pumping seconds before you drink it. from corroding. vary, making it more or less hard.
Virtual water trade Household water use Where does your water come from? of drinking water comes from City sources, while the rest is provided Virtual water is the total amount of water required to produce an agricultural or industrial Residents of Luxembourg City have access to water whose composition varies slightly from by the SEBES syndicate. product, or deliver a service. In other words, it is the total amount of water needed to produce one supply zone to another. Go to eaux.vdl.lu to find out the exact composition of your water. something. The term "virtual water" is used because it is generally not found in the finished 54% The exact composition varies from products. one supply zone to another. Kopstal 27% 13 % catchment area Toilet Laundry From the flushing Kopstal SEBES Esch-sur-Sûre Glaasburen pumping Senningerbierg 32 litres = 1 microchip reservoir catchment area station water reservoir
SEBES Bridel 70 litres = 1 apple water Bambësch Dummeldéngerbierg reservoir water water reservoir 6% Siweburen Glaasburen pumping Dishwashing reservoir catchment area station 90 litres = 1 teabag Millebaach pumping Birelergronn station catchment area
140 litres = 1 cup of coffee 6% Polfermillen Kalchesbréck Lampertsbierg 36% Cleaning, catchment water reservoir Birelergronn Bathing, showering, water reservoir maintenance area pumping station personal hygiene (car, house, Polfermillen 400 litres = 2 eggs yard) pumping station Sandweiler water reservoir
SEBES 650 litres = 1 piece of toast 4% Eating, Tubishaff water drinking tower (Cessange) Ban de Gasperich 1,000 litres = 1 litre of milk water tower Kaltreis water tower (Bonnevoie) Distribution of spring water SEBES 2,700 litres = 1 T-shirt 9% SEBES network Small business Springs 8,000 litres = 1 pair of trainers
15,400 litres = 1 kg of meat
27,000 litres = 1 kg of cocoa